Zeidane Surname
Approximately 6,435 people bear this surname
Zeidane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 5,673 | 1:722 | 97 |
| Morocco | 545 | 1:63,259 | 10,584 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
The alternate forms: Zeïdane (106) are calculated separately.
Zeidane (1,966) may also be a first name.
Zeidane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zeidane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zeidane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻳﺪﺍﻥ) is most common in Mauritania. It can be found as a variant: Zeïdane. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zeidane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 76,193rd most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,132,486 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zeidane live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 170,838th most widespread first name internationally, held by 1,966 people.
Zeidane is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 5,673 people, or 1 in 722. In Mauritania Zeidane is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 17 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 17 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 15 percent live. Besides Mauritania this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 8 percent live and Egypt, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zeidane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zeidane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻳﺪﺍﻥ | zydan | 99.46 |
| ﺯﻳﺪﺍﻧﻪ | zydanh | 0.15 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻳﺪﺍﻥ | alzydan | 0.1 |
| ﺯﺍﻳﺪﻥ | zaydn | 0.05 |
| ﺯﺍﻳﺪﺍﻥ | zaydan | 0.05 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zeidane
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